phychology in perspective

Chapter 1 Introduction to Psychology introduces and explains the roots of psychology. The learning outcomes of this chapter are: the subfields of psychology, working, the roots, today’s perspectives, key issues and controversies, the future, the scientific method, psychological/ descriptive/ and experimental research. The Subfields of Psychology: Family Tree explains behavior and health. The Biological foundation of behavior is Behavioral neuroscience which examines how the brain and the nervous system determine behavior; also consider how our bodies influence our behavior. About three weeks ago, my cousin past away over a horrible death, he was robbed and shot. This incident that happened to my family member changed my behavior drastically. Not only did it change my behavior but it changed how the way I view the world as well. So in this case behavioral neuroscience might want to know what physiological changed occurred when I found out the news and realized my cousin was gone. Development Psychology studies how people grow and change from moment of conception through death. When I found out what happened to my cousin I was numb, I couldn’t think or function like I normally would. Since the day I found out till now I developed. I was able to finally except it and think and function properly. What this section of the chapter covers is how people handle, learn, perceive, think, change, about themselves in different situations. Working at Psychology is employed at variety of settings. The different work opportunities psychologists have are: Hospitals 16%, Private Practice 7%, School districts 7%, Colleges/universities, and other academic setting 38%, Business/government or other settings 17%, Manage Care 5%, and Other Human Recourses 10%. In order to become a psychologist and make sure you are in good business, it is needed to attend a university and college and receive a degree. In Module 2 the past, the present, and the future is being introduced and explained. We can trace it back all the way to the Greeks, who considered the mind to be suitable topic for scholarly contemplation. It all started in the 19th century, when Wilhelm Wundt established the first experimental, devoted to psychologist phenomena, in Germany. Also in the 1900s, they wouldn’t even admit women to their graduate psychology programs. A women name Margaret Floy Washburn (1871-1939) was the first women to receive a doctorate in psychology, and she did work with animals. The key issues and controversies are: 1) Nature (heredity) vs. Nurture (environment), 2) Conscious vs. unconscious determinants of behavior, 3) Observable behavior vs. internal mental process, 4) Free will vs. determinism, 5) Individual difference vs. universal principles. But then you have different ways on handling the situation. Neuroscience: 1) Nature (heredity) 2) Unconscious 3)Internal emphasis 4) Determinism 5)Universal emphasis. Cognitive: 1) Both 2)Both 3)Internal emphasis 4)Free will 5) Individual emphasis. Behavioral: 1) Nurture (environment) 2) Conscious 3) Observable emphasis 4) Determinism 5) Both. Humanistic: 1) Nurture (environment) 2)Conscious 3)Internal emphasis 4)Free will 5)Individual emphasis. Psychodynamic: 1) Nature (heredity) 2) Unconscious 3)Internal emphasis 4)Determinism 5)Universal emphasis.
In Module 3 the topic they speak about is The Research in Psychology. Also explains about the
Scientific Method.
Identify questions of interest stemming from:
Behavior and phenomenon requiring explanation
Prior research findings
Curiosity, creativity, insight 
Formulate an explanation
Specify a theory …..
Develop a hypothesis 
Carry out research
Devise an operational definition of the hypothesis
Select a research method
Collect the data
Analyze the data
Communicate the findings.
The scientific method is used by psychologist, and by researchers fro every other scientific discipline to come to an understanding about the world. Another topic they speak about in Module 3 is experimental research. The researcher investigates the relationship between two or more variables by deliberately change other aspects of the situation. Independent Variable is the condition that is manipulated by and experimenter and Dependent Variable is measured and expected to change. Throughout Chapter 1 it explained different types of ways to handle, figure out, and view way people think. It taught how scientists observe situations and how they are able to put point A and B together.